unease
unease
Definition
un·ease (un′ēz)
noun
distress or discomfort
unease
Usage Examples
Preposition: about
- state: That said, I am bound to add that I feel considerable unease about the present state of the law.
- question: I must also confess to a great feeling of unease about the question of costs.
- future: VD, and syphilis in particular, also formed a powerful component of fin de siecle unease about the future of the race.
Converse of object
- provoke: Moreover, this notice can provoke unease in the world, leading to conversion or persecution.
- express: The video industry, of whose concerns we take careful note, has from time to time, expressed unease with the current position.
- grow: However there is growing popular unease at the high cost of defense.
- reflect: The response reflects public unease about the UK's failure to call for an immediate ceasefire.
- feel: I felt a deep unease which affected me physically.
- cause: Even among senior clergy, the job scheme strategy from the start caused particular unease.
Adjective modifier
- widespread: Today's Oxford Mail carries yet another story picking up on the widespread unease that local people feel.
- profound: Indeed, from about April onwards there has been an almost palpable feeling in the air of profound unease.
- deep: I felt a deep unease which affected me physically.
- considerable: Dear Prime Minister I am aware that there is considerable unease in the Catholic community in respect of possible military action against Iraq.
- general: Alison's lamp was also looking dim and a general unease set in.
- public: Numerous surveys worldwide report growing public unease about GM foods.
Preposition: with
- technology: It does not appear therefore that unease with new technology or lack of facilities are seen as significant factors in choice of law reports.
Preposition: in
- circle: But this created unease in business circles who began to feel they had a government in no fit state to push through their policies.
- relationship: Remit There is a growing sense of unease in the relationship between the European electorate and the European Union.
- world: Moreover, this notice can provoke unease in the world, leading to conversion or persecution.
- company: Maybe the dodgy feeling in my stomach is an inherited Anglican unease in the company of such a flagrant refusal to disguise expenditure.
Browse dictionary entries near unease
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- uneconomical
- unedited
- uneducated
- unembellished
- unemotional
- unemployable
- unemployed
- unemployment
